STUART MCLELLAN

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ABOUT ME

• Reside in , East • Training to gain Private Pilots Licence • Member of the Institute of Leadership Management • Work Full Time - Scottish Ambulance Service (Practice Developer – Ambulance Control Centre)

• Volunteer Community First Responder – Scottish Ambulance Service (Neilston & Uplawmoor) • Cadet Force Adult Volunteer – Royal Air Force Air Cadets (2175 Rolls-Royce Squadron) • Founder & Chairman – Neilston Players Amateur Dramatics • Founder - Caplaw Model Flying Group NEILSTON, EAST • 3 Miles South of Paisley • Population of 5,000

RENFREWSHIRE • Notable People from Neilston • Gregor Fisher ’Rab C Nesbitt’ brought up Neilston • John Robertson - Built the Steamship for PS Comet in 1811 • Stevenson Family - Lighthouse Designers and Civil Engineers • Robert Louis Stevenson's Family farmed in Neilston – Author most known Treasure Island PRIVATE PILOT TRAINING

• Learning from Cumbernauld and Glasgow Airport • Went Solo Fixed Wing • Flown Helicopters in Leicester • Lifetime goal to be Commercial Pilot INSTITUTE OF ILM Level 3 LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT

Member Status

Edge Article Spring 2019 “A Day In the Life Of” SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE PRACTICE DEVELOPER (CLINICAL SERVICES TRANSFORMATION) SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE – CAREER

• Emergency Call Handler • Accident & Emergency Dispatcher • GAMA Aviation – Air Service Coordinator (Air Ambulance Contract) • Practice Developer (Clinical Services Transformation) • Trainee Ambulance Technician (July 2019) National Post (North, East & West Ambulance Control Centre’s)

SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE CURRENT ROLE Alternative Response Desk (East ACC)

Sandpiper Wildcat Special Operations Community First BASICS Specialist Advanced Responders Response Team Responders Responders Paramedics Paramedics (Grampian) (SORT)

Specialist Services Desk (West ACC)

Major Trauma Air Ambulance In-Utero Coordination ScotSTAR Trauma Desk (24-7) Network Coordination Service Coordination Developments COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDER NEILSTON & UPLAWMOOR NEILSTON & UPLAWMOOR COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS

• Established July 2013

• Operational Since January 2014

• Responded to over 1,300 Emergency Calls

• Base Station (Neilston Development Trust)

• Two 4x4 Vehicles Sponsored by Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental

• 25 Volunteers

• Areas Covered (Neilston, Uplawmoor, , , Stewarton & Dunlop)

• Public Access Defibrillators Project (4 Neilston, 1 Lugton, 1 Uplawmoor, 2 Johnstone & 10 Barrhead)

• Award Winning: • Vision 20/20 Scottish Ambulance Service Staff & Volunteer Award Winner 2013 • Recipients of Queens Award for Voluntary Service June 2018 • Finalist Volunteer Award Scottish Ambulance Service Staff & Volunteer Awards 2018 RAF AIR CADETS CADET FORCE ADULT VOLUNTEER

• Rank: Sergeant • Squadron: 2175 (Rolls-Royce) Squadron • West Wing • Scotland & Northern Ireland Region • Commitment: 2 Evenings Per Week Minimum NEILSTON PLAYERS FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

• Community Amateur Dramatic Club • 3 x Pantomimes (Cinderella, Aladdin & Sleeping Beauty) • Boosting Community Confidence • Working together with Local Community Organisations • Keeping Active & Social CAPLAW MODEL FLYING GROUP FOUNDER

• 3 x Grass Runways Gleniffer Braes, Paisley • 40 Members • Remote Control Instructors • Great Social Activity • Improving Social Isolation NATIONAL COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MANAGER CRAIG HUNTER – SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE

• Overview of Community First Responder (CFR) schemes • How they can make a difference • Questions CURRENT STRUCTURE

•130+ Community First Responder Schemes across Scotland

•1200+ Volunteers

•2 SFRS Co-Responder Teams

•10 SAS Community Resilience Team members WHAT ARE CFR’S?

Community First Responders: Volunteers who are trained and dispatched by the ambulance control centre to attend life threatening medical emergencies in the area where they live or work and provide basic life support until the arrival of the professional ambulance crew MAKING A DIFFERENCE? MAKING A DIFFERENCE THANKS FOR LISTENING!

•Any Questions?

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